Dubious Black Chocolate Stout | North Peak Brewing Company

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Bottled 11/4/14 and poured 1/19/15. $2 single. Haven't had a beer from North Peak for awhile, so it's nice to try another.

Appearance: Hard pour almost upside down into the glass did nothing -- very slight film on top of the glass. Dubious is pitch black in color and there's not much lacing. Unexciting looking beer -- the lack of head is likely at least partially due to the fact that it was probably a degree from freezing in my fridge.

Smell: Very nice -- definitely dark chocolate and roasty malt character, but also a sweet caramel malt aroma too. Really like the cocoa quality to this beer. Certainly not a huge depth here, but smells very good.

Taste/feel: Working pretty well for me. In the taste there's a bit of an unexpected so-dark-roasty-it's-ashy/smokey flavor that adds depth and a little bitterness to the chocolate. The aftertaste is a very nice deep roastiness that in a way comes off as nutty. The feel of this beer is alright... honestly, it's basically in porter territory (thin body, high carbonation), but it fortunately falls just short of that.

Dubious is an enjoyable beer and I'm liking it quite a bit. It has a pleasant chocolate character without taking away from what a stout should normally taste like. A nice sessionable stout that has quite a bit of flavor.

Pours a dark chocolate brown with a thin quick to fade tan colored head atop.Chocolate and dark fruit aromas mainly with mild roast.Chocolate and roasted flavors some dark fruit underneath,some earthiness in the finish.Eh it's ok but pretty standard,not anything I would seek out again.

Dubious is a deep black beer with a good-sized thick, creamy brown head that's left behind in part by way of thick patches of lacing.
The nose is heavy on roasty malt with a big, robust barley backbone over notes of coffee. It's not outright chocolatey, but the chocolate is there.
In the flavor is the same huge roastiness, but it leads to an astringent edge. Cocoa nib is ghostly (pretty much overrun by the flat-out roastiness and the resulting flaw) with some coffee grounds. It finishes with a tinge of fruity tanginess.
The feel starts out robust with a good thickness to it. It's not particularly big or bold, but it holds its own for a time before going just a little spritzy.

Fresh bottle from Champagne Cellars. I didn't like it because of astringency and dryness. A muddling of chocolate, coffee, a little cherry and bitterness. Sorry did not work and mostly drain poured. But so promising! Nice black bodied. Chocolate and oil in the nose.